Nicholas Bell

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Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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Truman | Review

The Dog Stops Here: Gay’s Subtle Drama Grapples with Saying Goodbye Although it offers nothing thematically new on the clichéd scenario of the disease film,...

Colossal | Review

Seoul of the Matter: Vigalondo’s Environmental Impact Creature Feature Unique but Wonky Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo scores major points for ambition and uniqueness in his...

The Assignment | Review

A Dish Best Served Bold: Hill’s Revenge-Thriller a Sleazy Mix of Action and Body Horror Grindhouse groupies will have something to celebrate with the latest...

Colors | Blu-ray Review

Trying to make a film like Colors (1988) today, told as it is from the privileged perspective of two white heterosexual beat cops fighting...

The Delinquents | Blu-ray Review

While Robert Altman is revered as the most prominent figure amongst the auteurs of the 1970s New American Cinema, he actually began his directorial...

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Lali | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Ghosts of Past & Present: Sultan Khoosat Hones His...

Roya | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

I Confess: Mohammadi's Myriad of Memory Celebrates Women of...

2026 Berlinale: İlker Çatak’s ‘Yellow Letters’ Wins the Golden Bear!

As we predicted, Yellow Letters was a formidable film...

We Are All Strangers | 2026 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Strategy of Tragedy: Chen Overdoses on Drama in Sprawling...
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